[Linezolid for the treatment of newborns infected with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium]

Author(s): Berberian G, Castro G, Fistolera S, Travaglianti M, Lopardo H, Mastroianni A, Rosanova MT

Affiliation(s): Hospital de Pediatria "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan", Combate de los Pozos 1881 (1245), Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina. griselberberian@yahoo.com.ar

Publication date & source: 2009-01, Rev Argent Microbiol., 41(1):34-8.

Publication type: English Abstract

Five patients hospitalized in the neonatal unit between 2002 and 2007, infected with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium treated with linezolid are presented in this study. This antibiotic showed good clinical efficacy and safety, since no adverse events occured in this group of patients.